belong to large vocabulary. Thus, this research focused on a large vocabulary based on the level of vocabulary and the students’ need.
2.2.1 Nouns
A noun refers to a person, place, thing Hatch and Brown, 1995:
219. They also divide nouns into subclasses. They are:
1. Proper nouns for examples: France, Tom, Smith
2. Common nouns for examples: woman, dog, cat
3. Abstract nouns for examples: hope, understanding, love
4. Concrete nouns for examples: dish, table, and piano
5. Count nouns for examples: book, bird, car
6. Mass nouns for examples: rice, gravy, air, water
7. Group nouns for examples: bank, government, family
This research focused on common nouns and count nouns as the materials.
2.2.2 Verbs
According to Hatch and Brown 1995: 222-223, verbs are words that denote action or otherwise help to make a statement. They also
divide verbs into two kinds of verb. They are: 1.
Action verbs Ordinary Verb There are two classes of action verbs, they are:
a. Transitive verbs
A transitive verb takes a direct object, for example: Hug, bite, read, writes, etc.
b. Intransitive verbs
An intransitive verb does not require an object, for example: Go, jump, run, sleep, cry, etc.
2. Linking verbs Auxiliary Verb
Linking verbs are verbs that connect two nouns to make sentences. The most commonly by using linking verbs are form of
verb “be”. These are the examples of linking verbs of “be”: be,
being, am, is, are, was, were, shall be, should be, has been, have been, will be, would be, can be, and could be.
This research focused on action verbs that cover transitive verbs and intransitive verbs as the material.
2.2.3 Adjectives
According to Hatch and brown 1995: 228, adjectives are used to highlight qualities or attributes. Thomson and Martinet 1986: 33,
classify the kinds of adjective as follows: 1.
Demonstrative adjectives for example: this, that, these, those, etc. 2.
Distributive adjectives for example: each, every, either, neither, etc.
3. Quantitative adjectives for example: some, any, littlefew, much,
etc. 4.
Qualitative adjectives for example: clever, dry, golden, etc. 5.
Possessive adjectives for example: my, your, his, her, etc. 6.
Interrogative adjectives for example: what, which, whose, etc. This research focused on qualitative adjectives as the material.
2.3 Vocabulary Achievement
As stated before, a vocabulary is a number of words that are known by people in a certain language, includes English. Vocabulary is one of the
components of a language and that no language exists without word Napa, 1991: 6. Achievement is defined as the amount or level of learning that a
student has acquired. It is supported by Hughes 2003: 12-13 says that achievement is related to the test that is done to discover how successful
students have been in achieving the objective of a course. In this research, vocabulary achievement indicated the level or amount
of vocabulary that students had mastered after joining the English teaching and learning process was carried out by using Pop-
up pictures. The students’ vocabulary achievement in this research was indicated by the students’
